Chinese travellers cancel hundreds of thousands of trips to Japan amid rising tensions

18/11/2025 08:52 The Guardian

Chinese airlines offer free cancellations and film releases postponed after Japanese PM’s comments on TaiwanChinese travellers are estimated to have cancelled hundreds of thousands of tickets to fly to Japan amid reports of suspended visa processing and cultural exchanges as a diplomatic dispute over Japan’s stance on Taiwan continues.Under pressure from business groups, Japan has sent a senior diplomat to Beijing in an attempt to calm tensions after Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said her country could get involved militarily if China attempted to invade Taiwan. Her comments prompted fury from China’s government, which issued warnings against Chinese travellers and students going to Japan. Continue reading...

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Reform’s plan to cut EU citizens’ benefits would risk trade war with Europe, Labour claims – UK politics live

As Reform announces what it claims are £25bn in savings through cuts, Labour says ‘Farage’s fantasy numbers don’t add up’ Rajeev Syal is the Guardian’s home affairs editor.Net migration under Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government peaked at a slightly higher level than previously estimat...

18/11/2025 10:02 The Guardian

Poland says ‘all traces lead to Russia’ being behind rail sabotage incidents – Europe live

Deputy prime minster says investigators are looking at a device found near the blast siteIn a further confirmation of the inquiry lines in Poland, the Polish security services minister’s spokesperson Jacek Dobrzyński has just confirmed that “everything indicates” that Russian intelligence ser...

18/11/2025 09:57 The Guardian

Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer

Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ proposals which he says will only increase community tensionsUK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system, a veteran Labour peer who came to Britain as a chi...

18/11/2025 09:49 The Guardian

Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration

The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration placesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal MPs say skilled migration and international student numbers must be cut to reduce overseas arrivals into Australia, but have wa...

18/11/2025 07:45 The Guardian

Tuesday briefing: What Labour hopes to learn from Denmark’s hardline asylum stance

In today’s newsletter: Shabana Mahmood is pitching radical new limits on whether asylum seekers can ever gain settled status – but it may come with political consequencesGood morning. In September, Nigel Farage floated a Reform UK policy of ending indefinite leave to remain that critics said wou...

18/11/2025 06:50 The Guardian

UK consumers warned over AI chatbots giving inaccurate financial advice

Which? study of ChatGPT, Copilot and others uncovers incorrect and misleading tips on investments, tax and insuranceArtificial intelligence chatbots are giving inaccurate money tips, offering British consumers misleading tax advice and suggesting they buy unnecessary travel insurance, research has r...

18/11/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Larry Summers faces bipartisan scrutiny over years-long ties to Epstein

Democrats and Republicans urge institutions to cut ties after files show Epstein called himself Summers’ ‘wing man’Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging companies and institutions to cut ties with Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers after documents released by the House o...

18/11/2025 00:57 The Guardian

UN security council votes to endorse Donald Trump’s Gaza plan

The resolution, which includes references to an independent Palestine, was passed by a vote of 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining The UN security council has endorsed proposals put forward by Donald Trump for a lasting peace in Gaza, including the deployment of an international stabilisation forc...

18/11/2025 00:05 The Guardian

Trump has ‘blurred’ line between military and politics, ex-officers warn

Former leaders’ report cautions against politicizing armed forces as national guard deployments raise tensions in USWith months of escalation between US cities and the Trump administration amid the deployment of national guard troops, former military officials released a report on Monday about the...

17/11/2025 21:52 The Guardian

Protests in Charlotte as aggressive immigration arrests continue

North Carolina governor says immigration crackdown ‘stoking fear’ as officials say at least 130 people detainedAggressive arrests by federal immigration agents continued in Charlotte on Monday after a weekend sweep in which authorities said they detained a total of at least 130 people in North C...

17/11/2025 20:58 The Guardian

Australia news live: Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin faces spill; Penny Wong warns of permanent contest in Asia Pacific

Party room meeting set for this morning with Jess Wilson backed by many MPs. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson says Liberal dumping of net zero targets doesn’t go far enoughOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson is on Radio National Break...

17/11/2025 20:52 The Guardian

Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk

Polish PM vows to ‘catch the perpetrators, regardless of who their backers are’ after blast on track used for deliveries to UkrainePoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has described an explosion along a section of railway line used for deliveries to Ukraine as an “unprecedented act of sabot...

17/11/2025 17:31 The Guardian

Foreign state services behind Polish rail sabotage, says minister – as it happened

Security services minister Tomasz Siemoniak says explosion was not the work of ‘a gang of metal thieves’. This live blog is closedBack to Poland, the country’s interior minister is hosting an emergency meeting on the train incidents, with transport, justice ministers, police and representative...

17/11/2025 17:04 The Guardian

UK weather: amber cold health alerts issued for northern England

Warnings in place until 8am Saturday, with sub-zero overnight temperatures also expected to disrupt transportAmber cold health alerts have been issued for northern England amid warnings of sub-zero overnight temperatures this week.The UK Health Security Agency issued amber warnings for north-east an...

17/11/2025 14:50 The Guardian

UN to vote on Gaza stabilisation force plan that references Palestinian state

Netanyahu faces pressure from far-right ministers after Saudi insistence on ‘credible pathway’ to statehoodThe UN security council is to vote on Monday on a US-drafted resolution to set up an international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza that includes a late and highly tentative addition on a...

17/11/2025 14:39 The Guardian

Owner of scandal-plagued Panthera Finance tells court it was not technically operating illegally in Victoria

Francom claims that because Panthera had ‘acquired’ the debts, it was not technically engaged in collecting debt owed to a third partyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of Australia’s largest debt collection firm...

17/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Business and energy leaders warn Coalition dumping net zero won’t cut power bills and demand more detail

CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls Sussan Ley’s new policy ‘a bit of a plan not to have a plan’, echoing business scepticismFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSign up for climate and environment...

17/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

First Thing: Trump tells Republicans to vote to release Epstein files, in reversal of previous stance

The US president says he backs lawmakers’ efforts to release the files before an expected House vote this week. Plus: is there a dark side to gratitude?Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump has urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the...

17/11/2025 13:27 The Guardian

Far-right group with links to neo-Nazi leader offers online military training

Experts say Observations Group’s connections to the Base and Rinaldo Nazzaro present ‘urgent danger’In the underworld of accelerationist neo-Nazis, where talk of attacks against western governments are commonplace, the spread of illegal weapons manuals and tradecraft on drone warfare are proli...

17/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Trump continues Taylor Greene attacks despite his call to release Epstein files – US politics live

President repeats assertion that former ally is a ‘traitor’ even as he urges fellow Republicans to vote for release of documents relating to sex offenderA leading Ukrainian drone and missile manufacturer said on Monday that it has named former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo to its newly launc...

17/11/2025 11:45 The Guardian

Moderates rally around Sussan Ley as Liberal leader says she has been underestimated for much of her life

Factional powerbrokers issue statement contradicting media reports that moderates could swing behind conservative Andrew HastieGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberal moderates are rallying around Sussan Ley after speculation that members of the faction could withdr...

17/11/2025 08:58 The Guardian

Turnbull says Coalition consumed by ‘fact-free, reality-free’ climate culture war – as it happened

This blog is now closedSouth African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliamentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFactchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn costAs Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emiss...

17/11/2025 06:32 The Guardian

Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate

Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trialScotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limi...

17/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration

There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rightsShabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that “dark forces are stirring up anger” over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over the most sweeping overhaul of refugee rig...

16/11/2025 22:30 The Guardian

UK weather: Arctic air sweeps in as Storm Claudia clean-up continues

Flood warnings still in place in England and Wales, with plunging temperatures leading to possible snow and iceCold Arctic air has begun to sweep across the UK, bringing freezing temperatures as emergency services continue to deal with severe flooding caused by Storm Claudia.On Saturday, a major inc...

16/11/2025 16:41 The Guardian

Zelenskyy pledges to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector amid corruption scandal

President to overhaul state energy firms after $100m kickback scheme alleged by anti-corruption investigatorsVolodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a plan to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector after an $100m (£76bn) kickback scheme was alleged by anti-corruption investigators, in the worst scandal of h...

16/11/2025 16:13 The Guardian

‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer is killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv

Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disasterThe widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, K...

16/11/2025 13:26 The Guardian

Dermatologists criticise ‘dystopian’ skincare products aimed at children

Marketing or celebrity-led treatments for toddlers and upwards described as ‘ridiculous’ and lacking in skin benefitDermatologists have criticised an actor’s new skincare brand, calling it “dystopian” for creating face masks for four-year-olds, warning that the beauty industry is now expan...

16/11/2025 12:33 The Guardian

Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – as it happened

Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system. This live blog is closedRefugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safeUkrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.If Ukraine becomes a safe...

16/11/2025 11:52 The Guardian

UK budget watchdog in danger of strangling economic growth, says TUC boss

Paul Nowak says OBR should be modernised to ditch ‘hardwired’ support for austerity economicsBritain’s budget watchdog is in danger of strangling growth and should be modernised to ditch its “hardwired” support for austerity economics, the Trades Union Congress has warned.Less than two wee...

16/11/2025 10:15 The Guardian

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